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Happy 10th Anniversary CARD!

June 11, 2023June 12, 2023 agmcarthur

Today the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database turns 10 years old! While it started a few years before this in the laboratory of Dr. Gerry Wright,

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Congratulations Brian Alcock!

January 27, 2022February 10, 2022 agmcarthur

Brian Alcock has received a Gradaute Student Association Award for Contributions by Non-Academic Staff! Brian works as CARD’s Lead Curator but also has trained countless

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New Graduate Students & Postdocs!

September 7, 2021August 24, 2021 agmcarthur

Two current lab members are changing their roles, with Mugdha Dave starting her MSc studies and Dr. Sheridan Baker transitioning from CanCOGeN work to a

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Farewell William!

August 31, 2021August 24, 2021 agmcarthur

Today we say goodbye to William Huynh, who first joined us as an undergraduate thesis student and then stayed on to work as the Comprehensive

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Jalees Nasir awarded 2021 Fred & Helen Knight Enrichment Award!

July 14, 2021July 14, 2021 agmcarthur

Congratulations to PhD student Jalees Nasir, who has been awarded the prestigious 2021 Fred & Helen Knight Enrichment Award, which recognizes exceptional promise in early

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Amos Raphenya, MSc Student

January 14, 2021 agmcarthur

It is with great pleasure the McArthur lab announces that Lead Developer for the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database (CARD), Amos Raphenya, is starting his M.Sc.

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International NEXUS for Pandemics and Biological Threats, Canadian Chemical Compound Library for Antibiotic Discovery, and $1.475M CFI Funding

November 6, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

McMaster is launching The Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats, to ensure Canada and the world are better able to manage the human and

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McArthur Lab & McMaster contribute to global genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

October 21, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

 

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McArthur Lab & CARD during SARS-CoV-2

March 23, 2020December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Quick update on the status of the McArthur Lab and the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database. While our home institution McMaster University is closed to on-site

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McArthur Lab 2019-2020

September 5, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

(left to right) Back row: Amos Raphenya, Arman Edalatmand, Brian Alcock, Andrew McArthur, David Speicher, Martins Oloni, Sohaib Syed. Front row: William Huynh, Anna-Lisa Nguyen,

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Jalees Nasir, Ph.D. Student

September 1, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Jalees Nasir transferred from the McMaster Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences Masters program to the Ph.D. program today! Jalees’s work focusses on the developing new genomic

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McArthur Lab joins the David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery!

June 24, 2019December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

David Braley Centre for Antibiotic Discovery gives researchers a fighting chance against antimicrobial resistance. A forward-looking McMaster donor is investing $7 million in a new

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Kara Tsang – 2018 IIDR Michael Kamin Hart Memorial Scholarship (MSc)

November 11, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Congratulations to Kara Tsang for winning the 2018 Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research (IIDR) Michael Kamin Hart Memorial Scholarship (MSc), the highest academic

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Congratulations Kara Tsang and farewell Tammy Lau!

September 11, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur
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Government Outreach 2018

May 1, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Dr. McArthur has been busy doing some Government outreach. In early 2018 he was a Panellist on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare at Norwegian Health Ministry &

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Recent Updates to the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

April 16, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database has been updated, http://card.mcmaster.ca CARD Curation: Addition of HERA, TRU, & ACI beta-lactamases, sul4, and new quinolone efflux pumps. Antibiotic

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Major Update of the Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database

February 2, 2018December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

The Comprehensive Antibiotic Resistance Database has been updated, http://card.mcmaster.ca This February 2018 release is our largest to date and includes new data types, a new

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Jonsson Liu wins World Health Organization Internship!

April 7, 2017December 30, 2020 agmcarthur
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Biochem 3A03 & 3R06 Projects Completed!

April 4, 2017December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Congratulations to our 3rd year Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences students upon completion of their research projects! Both will be staying on as summer research students.

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Suman Virdee wins CIHR Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award!

April 4, 2017December 30, 2020 agmcarthur

Congratulations to 4th Year Biomedical Discovery & Commercialization student and McArthur lab member Suman Virdee for her CIHR Undergraduate Summer Studentship Award for her summer

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